what are your thoughts on 13 and 16 year old responsible sisters being left home alone for a week?
2006-10-18 08:43:50 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
If they are responsible then it is fine.
2006-10-18 11:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kyle M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 14 and 16 year old and I would not leave them alone for not even a day.
First of all, siblings constantly fight. Who's going to seperate them if they get into a fight.
Second, teenagers LOVE to have friends over....especially when the parents aren't around.
Third, it just gives them TOO much time alone to get in trouble....they can find liquor, cigarettes, drugs, etc. Teenagers are very creative. Trust me, they'll find a way.
If you MUST leave them for a week, I would suggest asking a family member or a neighbor that you trust to keep an eye on them. Visit them every day after school and make sure they're not destroying the house and that they're actually going to school in the mornings.
I would look at all my options before leaving my teenagers home alone.
Good luck!
2006-10-19 07:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by jazz_lover_25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For girls that young (especially a thirteen-year-old) it's probably a good idea to have an older relative stay with them, at least at night. I'd say a good age to be left home alone would be about seventeen, and that's assuming that the child is very responsible and mature. If they're good kids, it's not so much about the trouble they could cause, but about what dangerous things could happen to them.
2006-10-18 09:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Raqui 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom left me and my sister when we were 14 and 16 (not for a week, just three or four days.) We were pretty good kids but we had a "get-together" that turned into a party when people heard about it through the grapevine. By midnight there were complete strangers (adults, no less) snorting coke in the bathroom (something neither of us would EVER have done ourselves!) Things like that have a way of getting out of control fast and most teens just aren't equipped to deal with it. I just don't think I'd do it if it were my kids!
2006-10-18 10:16:47 · answer #4 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care how responsible they are they should not be left home alone for a week! Someone not so responsible or an evil person could harm them! They still need someone to be there to see that they are safe! Something bad can happen even when not left alone- leaving them alone is asking for trouble!
2006-10-18 08:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I wouldn't do it. The 16 year old maybe. But I don't think it's fair to put the responsibility of a 13 year old onto a 16 year old.
No matter how responsible they seem, anything could happen that they might not know how to handle....so no way.
2006-10-18 11:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if there is some adult to check up on them i think they would be okay. I was 17 and was left for a week with a 8, 6, and 2 year old but i was in a small community and had a adult to help if i needed it.
2006-10-18 08:50:21 · answer #7 · answered by Tinkerbelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how responsible are they? some teenagers are very responsible. My parents would leave me (11 at the time) and my brother (13 at the time) home alone for a weekend, we had emergency numbers, enough food to last us a really long time, and people calling in to check in on us. I think they should be fine,
2006-10-18 11:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by jackdanielschik17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you trust them and they have been responsible in the passed I am all for it. I grew up very independent and NEVER had parents around when I should have so I never did anything "bad" when left for weeks at a time. It has to do with how the girls were raised.
2006-10-18 09:29:13 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Day 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its a bad idea not so much because of what the kids might do but what can happen to them i mean theres so much stuff out there that can go wrong and leaving your kids home alone so long is a big mistake who knows what can happen better stay with them or take them with you or if possible have someone stay with them
2006-10-18 08:48:46 · answer #10 · answered by chunkybooty20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i started staying home when my parents left on trips at 16. because i dropped out of school and had a job. i was perfectly fine and had all the info where my parents were staying and talked to them often..... i wouldnt as much worry about THEM but more of someone else knowing they are the only ones home. so i agree with who said have a relative stay at night.
2006-10-18 09:25:27 · answer #11 · answered by ♥mama♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋